Overshoe.



' F. W. OSTROM.

OVERSHOE.

APPLICATION r1150 JAN. 17, 1911.

11116111611 Jan. 25, 1916.

l/VVEIVTOR A 7TOR/VEY THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH (104, WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED rnsnnann os rRoi/r, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. I

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Sp ec ifieationof Letters Patent H Patented Jan,

Application filed January 17, 1911. selenium-603,135;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it know'n'that I, FREELANDW. OSTROM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ovei'shoes, of which the followin is a full, clear, and

exact description.

his invention relates to improvements in overshoes, particularly of the waterproof variety, and has-for its object to provide means for securely. holding the sotermed low overshoes and the comparatively loosely-fitting high overshoes in heel fitting position with respect to the inner shoe. It is common knowledge that inpractical use a low over hoe, iinless'closely' fitting the inner shoe, is liable to accidental displacement, and it is a common occurrence for the heels of loosely fitting overshoes of medium or ordinary height to move up and down on the heel of the inner shoe during the act of walking, thus causing a friction which is not only annoying to the wearer but destructive to both the inner and outer shoes.

It is also well understood that it is a comparatively difficult undertaking for-obese, rheumatic and aged persons, and those of feeble health, to draw on a snugly-fitting overshoe of the class commercially termed storm overshoes.

To overcome the difficulties incident to the wearing of the first and second mentioned varieties and to lessen the diiliculty incident to putting on the last mentioned style of overshoe are the primary objects of this invention, and to this end the overshoe is provided with a. yielding resistance member which is acted upon by the toe of the inner shoe to hold the outer or over shoe in heel fitting position with respect to the inner shoe, thus making it practical to wear comparatively loosely fitting overshoes without the annoyance of accidental displacement and looseness at the heel, and lessening the difiiculty of drawing on the extra high or storm variety.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the invention, in the several figures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an inner shoe fitted with an outer or over shoe, the latter being equipped with the present invention and broken out at its forward end to better illustrate its application. Fig. 2

is a dotted'line'view, in perspective, of the overshoe shown in Fig. 1, illustrating in full linesJthe-ryiel'ding resistancememben Fig. 8 is a view on a larger scale illustrating the character of the y elding resistance member shown, in the previous overshoe shown in Figs. 1 and 2, illustrating the yielding resistance member secured to the overshoe in a position transverse to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

figures. Fig. e is a perspectiveview of the Referring to the drawings, 1 represents;

the outer or over shoe, 2 the inner shoe and 3 the yielding. resistance member co n prising the elastic portion 4: and non-.

elastic web ends 5 and 6. 1n the present embodiment of the invention, theweb ends 7 5 and 6 areglued to the underside of the upper toe portion 7 and the. upper side of the innersole 8, respectively,v but it, is. to be understood that upon the character of the yielding resistance member employed depends the character of the means employed for securing such member. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the resistance, member is secured in the overshoe in a position to cause the upper portion of the toe of the innera shoe, when positioned as shown in Fig. 1, to expand the elastic portion A} of the yielding resistance member.

InFi 4, the yielding resistance member with the rounded portion 9 of thejsole of the inner shoe. I

While the construction 811611.21131311CHUQIj/0f and described is believed to constitute an entremely desirable means and method, it is within the invention'to employ any yielding member so positioned as to cause the outer shoe to be held in heel fitting position with respect to the inner shoe, through its action on the toe of said inner shoe in accordance with the following claims. It is also to be said that the material of the yielding or resistance member may be and preferably is nonmetallic, but in any case it is of such character as not to abrade, or otherwise injuriously afi'ect either the inner shoe or the overshoe itself; and furthermore, this member is of such small bulk that it may be fitted in the toe of the overshoe either lengthwise or crosswise and yet permit of its use in the overshoe without involving the use of an is shown as lying in a plane transverse to r the yielding resistance memberherein shown Claims 5 2; An overshoe,

Copies or tun st n-ma obta! overshoe of larger size. In other words, an.

overshoe of given size may be used on a given size inner shoe for which it' is designed, whether the resistance member is present or absent. Forexample, a wearer using a number 8 overshoe may use that size when the resistance member is employed.

l. An'overshoe, having a yielding resist- 'anee' member comprismg a strlp of nonabradi'ng'elastic material arranged in its toe 'p'ortlon'and secured by ltsopposite ends to *said toeportion and having its intermediate provided with a resistance ine'mb'er' consisting of a 'stripof elastic ma- 'terial arranged lengthwise in the'toe portion {o f'the overshoe, and having-one end secured "tothe upper of the overshoe and its other end secured to the sole and its intermediate 'part'free'5so'that when acted on by an inner shoe it yi'eldin'gly holds said overshoe "against accidental displacement with'respect --to the inner 'sh'oe." j

Anjovershoerprovided with a resistance -member consist ng of a strip of non-metallic elastic material having non-elastic end sections, said strip "secured by its non-elastic end sectionsin the toe portion of the o'ver- "shoefwith the elast cportlon'free tor'espond I to 'pressur'e when acted'upon by an inner shoe in 'th'e act 'off applying the overshoe-to such finner shoe and serving to'draw the heel por- *tio'n' of the overshoe into fitting position I on ned for five cents ,each, byjaddressing, '1} WashingtomlLO- the inner shoe and hold the overshoe against accidental displacementwith respectto the inner shoe,

4; An overshoe, provided with a resistance member consisting of a strip of elastic material arranged lengthwise of the overshoe in its toe portion and provided with nonelastic ends one of which is secured to the upper and the other to the sole, the intermediate elastic part being free torespond by the inner shoe to hold the overshoe thereon against accidental displacement.

5. An overshoe, having secured inside its toe portion a yielding resistance member of little bulk and of a material that will conform to the contour of the toe portion of the inner shoe as the overshoe is fitted to such inner shoe and adapted for use without requiring a larger size overshoe on an inner shoe of given size and free to yield toward the overshoe toe when engaged by the toe of the inner. shoe, whereby the heel portion of the overshoeis snugly seated upon the heel portion of the inner shoe. 4.

'6. An overshoe, provided with a resistance member consisting of non-metallic elastic material'secured in the .toe portion of the overshoe 'and free to respond to pressure when acted-upon by an inner shoe in the act of applying the overshoe to such inner shoe and serving to draw the heel portion of the overshoe into fitting position'on the inner dental displacementwith respect to the inner shoe." r

- In testimony whereof l have -hereunto set my hand this 16th--day of January, A. D.

-Witnesses:

- THOMAS CA PBELL, QABBIE l\I. DoNII-IEE. 1

ff Commissioner of; liatentp.

shoe and hold the overshoe against ,acci- FREELAND w OSTROM.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 1,169,562.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 1,169,562, granted January 25, 1916, upon the application of Freeland W. Ostrom, of Newark, New Jersey, for an improvement in Overshoes, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 53, claim 4, after the Word respond insert the Words to pressure; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oifice.

Signed and sealed this 8th day of February, A. l)., 1916.

R. F. WHITEHEAD,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

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